NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 54-year-old man suspected in a hit-and-run crash in southeast Nebraska that fatally injured a woman and her teenage stepdaughter.

The two died Sunday night after a sport utility vehicle and a pickup truck collided on U.S. Highway 75 near Nebraska City. Authorities identified the two as 32-year-old Rachel Curry and 15-year-old Chloe Curry. They lived in Auburn with Rachel Curry’s husband, 39-year-old Michael Curry, who was driving the pickup He was taken for treatment at St. Mary’s Hospital in Nebraska City.

Authorities say the SUV driver received a ride from the crash scene and was later found in Falls City. He was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash. Court records don’t show he’s been formally charged.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha lawyer who’d helped defend a man who killed four people has pleaded no contest in a child abuse case.

Jeremy Jorgenson will be sentenced in December. Prosecutors had charged the 44-year-old with felony child abuse and witness tampering. Those charges were reduced in exchange for his pleas.

Prosecutors say the 7-year-old son of Jorgenson’s wife threw a toy at Jorgenson on Feb. 19, who then chased him, picked him up by his shirt collar and dropped him. One of the boy’s wrists was broken.

Jorgenson was part of the defense team for Anthony Garcia, who was convicted of killing four Omaha residents. Prosecutors say Garcia was seeking revenge for his firing from a Creighton University medical school program. Jorgenson handled much of the questioning of DNA experts in the Garcia case.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role as the getaway driver following a fatal shooting earlier this year.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 18-year-old Americle Fuqua was sentenced Tuesday in Lancaster County District Court. With credit for time already served, Fuqua is expected to be released in about six months.

Fuqua was one of four young people charged in the March 26 shooting death of 22-year-old Edgar Union Jr. One of those is a teenager who has been charged with second-degree murder after being arrested in April in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Police say the shooting happened after a confrontation involving more than 20 people from rival Lincoln gangs. Union died on the porch of a Lincoln home.

HOLTON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a woman involved in a collision that killed three people in Kansas has been captured in Nebraska.

Jackson County, Kansas, Sheriff Tim Morse says in a news release that 49-year-old Maria Perez-Marquez, of Omaha, was arrested by U.S. Marshals Tuesday in Nebraska. Details of where she was arrested were not immediately released.

Perez-Marquez is charged in Kansas with three counts of involuntary manslaughter after a crash in November near Holton that killed the mother, sister and uncle of two Kansas high school football players shortly after the family watched the boys’ Sabetha team win a state football championship. Two other people were injured.

Perez-Marquez failed to appear in Jackson County District Court in October.

Morse says Perez-Marquez is being held in Omaha awaiting an extradition hearing.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a woman and a teenager died in a highway collision near Nebraska City in southeast Nebraska.

Station KNCY reports the two died Sunday night on U.S. Highway 75 when a sport utility vehicle and a pickup truck collided. Authorities identified the two as 32-year-old Rachel Curry and 15- or 16-year-old Chloe Curry.

It’s unclear how or whether they were related to each and the pickup driver, 39-year-old Michael Curry, of Auburn. He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Nebraska City. The Otoe County attorney didn’t immediately return a call Monday from The Associated Press.

Authorities say the SUV driver was later found in Falls City. The driver was taken into custody and treated for injuries. His or her name hasn’t been released.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Gage County’s insurance policies from a risk-sharing pool of companies don’t cover $28.1 million that a jury awarded to six people who were wrongfully convicted in the 1985 rape and killing of a woman, a judge ruled.

Judge Jodi Nelson, of Lancaster County District Court, dismissed the county’s claim earlier this month, saying Gage County officials acted wrongly before the policies went into effect, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.

The 2016 verdict was awarded to the so-called Beatrice Six for their wrongful convictions in the 1985 rape and killing of a 68-year-old Beatrice resident, Helen Wilson. They spent more than 75 years, combined, in prison before DNA evidence cleared them in 2008. Wilson’s death has since been linked to a former Beatrice resident who died in 1992.

The six alleged in a lawsuit that law enforcement officials recklessly pushed to close the case despite contradictory evidence and coerced false confessions.

After the 2016 verdict, attorneys for the county sued the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association, a risk-sharing pool that offers insurance to most counties in the state. It began covering Gage County in 1997. Employers Mutual Casualty carried the county’s insurance from Feb. 2, 1989, until Feb. 2, 1990.

The county argued that the triggering incidents by county officials occurred after the March and April 1989 arrests of the six and after the Aug. 2, 1989, date the policies took effect.

Last week, the judge ruled that Westport Insurance, American Alternative Insurance, United National Insurance and Travelers Indemnity — companies that contracted with Gage County through the risk management association — weren’t responsible for paying the judgment.

“The Beatrice Six were injured when Gage County’s employees charged and arrested them,” Nelson wrote. “This occurrence — an event resulting in damage — involved acts, errors, or omissions of Gage County’s employees.”

In July a federal appeals court upheld the jury award. County officials still hope the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn it, but the county board approved a plan last month to raise taxes to help pay the award.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former Lincoln businessman who moved to Houston, where he was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for an alleged Ponzi scheme, has now been indicted on federal charges in Nebraska.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that a grand jury had indicted Frederick Alan Voight on 16 counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering. His first court appearance is set for Nov. 1 in Lincoln’s federal court.

Prosecutors say that between 2004 and 2015, investors who gave money to Voight and his businesses — including F.A. Voight & Associates and Daystar Funding — lost $40.9 million.

The SEC charged Voight in 2015 with defrauding more than 300 investors. That civil case has been settled.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was injured when a propane tank exploded at her mobile home near Lincoln.

The blast occurred around 7 a.m. Friday at the property, which sits about 2 miles (3 kilometers) southwest of Lincoln city limits.

Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner says 47-year-old Rebecca Daro heard a hissing noise, so she went to check the tank. It had been changed Thursday. It exploded as she got near, burning her face and singeing her hair.

Wagner says the mobile home and another and an outbuilding with three classic cars inside were total losses.

The State Fire Marshal Agency is investigating.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Hundreds of Myanmar refugees were forced to evacuate an Omaha apartment complex last month after the city deemed it unlivable, and now the landlord is telling some former tenants he’ll waive cleanup fees if he can keep their $400 security deposits.

Yale Park Apartments owner Kay Anderson took inventory of damages after refugees fled with what belongings they could carry as electricity and gas were shut off at the Omaha complex. City inspectors evacuated the apartments Sept. 20, citing issues such as unsafe electrical circuits, natural gas leaks and units infested with mice, bedbugs and maggots.

The city cited Anderson for nearly 2,000 building code violations. About 500 refugees were residing in Yale Park Apartments at the time, including about 175 school-age children and dozens of toddlers and babies.

Now Anderson is telling at least two former tenants that they owe fees up to $3,820 for damages such as broken light fixtures, walls that needed painting and ripped screens, according to copies of letters obtained by the Omaha World-Herald.

In a letter, Anderson and his wife, Janae, offered to forgive the damages if the tenant agreed to forfeit their $400 security deposit, as well as $200 in prepaid rent.

Anderson said he’s being more than fair, and that he agreed to return the deposits to tenants who put some effort into cleaning their apartments.

He said the letters weren’t intended to intimidate residents, but to “point out that you’ve got thousands of dollars of damage, but we’ll write it off.”

Advocates argue Anderson is trying to squeeze more money out of residents who lived in substandard apartments.

“They’re condemned buildings,” said Hannah Wyble of Restoring Dignity, the volunteer group that helped tenants file housing complaints with the city that led to inspections last month. “People didn’t have time to clean or make repairs or anything.”

Wyble noted that many of the residents didn’t speak or read English well.

“They were freaking out,” she said. “People are scared because they don’t know. Are they getting a bill?”

According to a recent Facebook post, Lincoln police say nine of their officers have been assaulted in the last three weeks.

Below is the content of the Facebook post describing each incident, along with the original post. Respect the men and women in blue!

B8-096271 –On October 14, shortly before 3 am, a 19-year-old man called dispatch to report an intoxicated person was causing a disturbance at his home. 25-year-old James Ford III was contacted and the officer offered him a ride to help deescalate the situation. Ford refused the ride and continued to cause a disturbance outside the home near 40th and Baldwin. Ford’s bac tested at 0.282 and he was taken into custody to be transported to the Bridge (detox). He began to struggle with the officers. As the officer struggled to handcuff Ford, he spat on the officers face. Ford was eventually handcuffed and arrested for assault on an officer with a bodily fluid.

B8-095940 – On October 13, at 1 am, officers responded to a hotel near 11th and Belmont Ave on report of a disturbance. Officers knocked on the hotel room door and 46-year-old Zachariah Almond answered the door wearing a torn and bloody shirt and officers could see an unresponsive female lying face down on the floor. There was a broken lamp, broken furniture and alcohol containers thrown about. Officers went to check on the female, later identified as, 46-year-old Merri Rederth, and found her eyes were swollen and her mouth was bleeding. Officers tried to assist Rederth to her feet and she began hitting and kicking the officers. Rederth hit one officer in the chest and spat blood on a Sergeant’s face. Rederth was arrested for assaulting two police officers.

B8-096220 –On October 13, shortly after 11 pm, PBA security called LPD regarding a disturbance. A Red Cross volunteer was providing medical attention to a man when 40-year-old Sean Binnick began to interfere. Binnick jumped on the volunteers back as he was attempting to render aid. Security staff pulled Binnick from the scene and held him until LPD arrived. The Sergeant spoke to Binnick and attempted to calm him down but he was intoxicated. Binnick then began punching the sergeant several times. Binnick was arrested for 3rd degree assault on an officer.

B8-095781 –On October 12, shortly after 4 pm, officers responded to a reports of an intoxicated man yelling at the sky and punching himself. Witnesses tried to talk to the man but grew scared because they said it appeared the man “wanted to fight”. The officer arrived and stepped in between the witnesses and the man, later identified as 36-year-old Laurance Dollison. Dollison was observed punching himself in the face. When Dollison saw the officer, he stood up and told the officer he was going to assault him (in less kind words). Dollison threw a duffel bag at the officer. The officer asked for more units to respond as it appeared Dollison was going to attack him. The officer drew his taser and directed Dollison to get on the ground. Dollison eventually complied and was handcuffed. Dollison then began to use his body weight to resist officers and he spat on the officers face. Dollison was arrested for assault on an officer with bodily fluid.

B8-093842 – On October 6, shortly before 4:30 pm, an officer responded to Super Saver on report of a shoplifter in custody. The officer cited 37-year-old Michelle Alfaro for theft. Alfaro intentionally rammed her cart into the officer causing it to hit his knee. Alfaro was arrested for 3rd degree assault on a police officer.

B8-092958 – 3 Officers were assaulted, one sustained a head and back injury. On October 3, at 11:33 pm, officers responded to reports of a man in the drive thru at McDonald’s 345 West O, drinking alcohol. Officers spotted the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop near 9th and Rosa Parks for multiple traffic violations including no headlights and an improper turn. The driver was identified as 35-year-old Dennis Brewer and show signs of impairment. Brewer was a parole absconder and had a warrant. The officer asked Brewer to step out of the vehicle to conduct a DUI investigation. Brewer became uncooperative and tried to walk away from the officer. Brewer pulled his arms away from the officer and they began to struggle. A second officer arrived on scene and they continued to take Brewer into custody. Brewer was given multiple commands to stop fighting and told he was under arrest but he continued to fight. Brewer reached his hand into his waistband as the officers struggled with him. The officers feared Brewer may be reaching for a weapon. While both officers were on Brewers back, he was able to get to his knee and threw one officer over his head. The officer landed on his head and he began to bleed. Another officer arrived on scene and this struggled continued for approximately 3 minutes until they were able to handcuff Brewer. Brewer was arrested for 3rd degree assault on an officer, felony resist arrest because of a prior conviction, possession of a controlled substance, no headlights after dark, improper turn, no insurance, open alcohol container, and possession of marijuana.